Most people fail to learn a language before they even begin. Want to know why?
Go on a journey with Dr. Shane Dixon as he shares stories of successful and less successful language learners. Dr. Dixon will guide you to understand the scientific reasons for both failure and success.
The Language Learner Guidebook, through the lens of cognitive science, language acquisition, and practical know-how, provides powerful tools to help you understand how successful learners actually learn a language.
Did you know that you can go on language adventures in your own backyard? It’s true! You’ll be introduced to the language learner ecosystem, a powerful paradigm that will help you find and evaluate resources all around you. This book will invite you to join a growing world of modern language learners who understand that a powerful shift has occurred in language learning.
Whether you travel to far off lands, or never leave the comfort of your home, you can harness the power of immersion. Dr. Dixon, with more than twenty years’ experience as a professional language trainer, will share his knowledge not only as a fellow language learner but as someone who has witnessed thousands of others go through the process of acquiring a language.
Through stories and examples (and a useful workbook section in the back), this guidebook will allow you to take control of your own language learning by connecting you to strategies and resources that only a modern, immersive approach can provide.
Author(s): Shane Dixon
Publisher: Wayzgoose Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 290
Tags: Education, Language, Linguistics
Foreword
I. The Five Questions You Need to Ask Yourself
1. The Very First Thing You Need
2. Wafa’a
3. Outside the Lines: The Language Learning Ecosystem
3.5 Not Even a Chapter, Just a Slight Detour
4. Rosetta Stone is a Bowflex
5. Learning Smart, Not Hard
6. Making and Keeping Friendships
7. National Plans
II. Explore
8. How Can Immersion Fail?
9. The Two Traps
10. The Ecosystem: Why?
11. The Ecosystem: What?
12. The Ecosystem: How?
12.5 Not Even a Chapter, Just a Free Offer
III. Introspect
13. Innerspace
14. The Long and Short of Motivation
15. Going on Language Missions
16. Strategies for Better Introspection
16.5 Not Even a Chapter, Just Something Cool
IV. Flexibility
17. Daisy
18. You Know Enough
19. Choosing
20. Prioritizing
21. Life Preserver Strategies
V. Details
22. The Assumption of Equivalency
23. Who Learns Better?
24. Switch It Up
25. The Right Side of the Column
26. The Driver's Seat
27. Details of Self-directed Learning
27.5 Not Even a Chapter, Just a Thought
VI. Meaning is Everything
28. Three Young Women
29. Learn a Little, Use it a Lot
30. Building Blocks
31. The Case for Fun
32. A Two-Track Mind
33.5 Not Even a Chapter, Just Some Advice
Epilogue
VII. Strategy Workbook
Explore Strategy 1
Explore Strategy 2
Explore Strategy 3
Explore Strategy 4
Explore Strategy 5
Introspect Strategy 1
Introspect Strategy 2
Introspect Strategy 3
Introspect Strategy 4
Flexibility Strategy 1
Flexibility Strategy 2
Flexibility Strategy 3
Flexibility Strategy 4
Details Strategy 1
Details Strategy 2
Details Strategy 3
Meaning Strategy 1
Meaning Strategy 2
Meaning Strategy 3
References
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